Department of Engineering and Communication

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Prof. Dr Iris Groß

Dean of the Department of Engineering and Communication/Director of the Centre for Teaching Development and Innovation/Professor of Engineering Mechanics, Design Elements, CAD/Alumni Commissioner

iris.gross@h-brs.de

Unit

Department of Engineering and Communication, Institute of Technology, Resource and Energy-efficient Engineering (TREE)

Location

Sankt Augustin

Room

B 201

Address

Grantham-Allee 20

53757 Sankt Augustin

Telephone

+49 2241 865 306

Fax

+49 2241 865 8306

Profile

Iris Groß is the Dean of the Department of Engineering and Communication.

She is Professor of Engineering Mechanics, Design Elements, CAD and as Director of the Centre for Teaching Development and Innovation. She contributes to the development of teaching methods and especially to digital assessment at the H BRS. As Alumni Comissioner of the university she supports the university's contact with its alumni.

She is as well a member of the University Council of  the Bingen University of Technology, where she advises and supports in strategic matters relating to university development.

Her specialist work focuses on the following areas:

  • Vibration technology and measurement
  • Technical mechanics
  • Component strength and stress analysis
  • Conmpetency orientated Digital Assessment

Memberships

Research Projects

SKILLS - Increasing competence orientation in digital teaching and learning

The SKILLS project supports students and teachers in the use of digital opportunities. The goal of the SKILLS project is to promote learning success and study motivation through the development of competencies and the use of digital exams.

Project management at the H-BRS

Prof. Dr Iris Groß
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NEIS - Sustainable nutrition in everyday study life

NEIS is a project of the consumer advice center of North Rhine-Westphalia, which is carried out in cooperation with universities at three locations in NRW. It is funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Project management at the H-BRS

Prof. Dr Iris Groß
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PASS - Partnership for Applied Sciences

Within the framework of the NRW-Ghana Partnership and the funding program "NRW-Partnerships for the Promotion of Technical Universities in Ghana", the Ministry of Innovation, Economy and Research (MIWF) has been funding the university partnership project "Partnership for Applied Sciences - PASS" between the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (consortium leader), the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef and the two Ghanaian universities Kumasi Technical University and Cape Coast Technical University through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) since 2017.

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Partnership for Applied Sciences - PASS

As part of the NRW-Ghana Partnership and the funding programme "NRW Partnerships for the Promotion of Technical Universities in Ghana", the Ministry of Innovation, Economics and Research (MIWF) has been funding the university partnership project "Partnership for Applied Sciences - PASS" between Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (consortium leader), Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Bad Honnef International University of Applied Sciences and the two Ghanaian universities Kumasi Technical University and Cape Coast Technical University through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) since 2017. The project has a duration of four years.

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Publications

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

2025

Renetta Garrison Tull, Jamie Gurganus, Dirk Reith, Libis Valdez Cervantes, Xu Lihui, Iris Groß, Michael Malschützky, Sundiata Jangha, Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun, Luis Alberto Cruz Salazar, Jose Texier, Jusmeidy Zambrano, Maria Mercedes Larrondo Petrie, Li Fan, L. I. Shuangshou, Qiao Weifeng, Wang Sunyu, Robin Cresiski, Yarazeth Medina, Krishna Vedula, Veena Kumar, Rovani Sigamoney: Models for International Collaborations to Nurture Students into Global Engineers. In: Kandakatla, Kulkarni et al. (Eds.): Academic Leadership in Engineering Education. Learnings and Case Studies from Educational Leaders Around the Globe, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, S. 373-396
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-68282-7_20 BibTeX | RIS

2024

Iris Gross, Doerthe Vieten, Alexandra Reher: Internationalization at Home by Bringing English into the Lecture Hall. In: Auer, Cukierman et al. (Eds.): Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), Volume 1, 2024, S. 482-489
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51979-6_50 BibTeX | RIS

Doerthe Vieten, Alexandra Reher, Iris Gross: Work in Progress: Course Design and E-Learning-Environment for Scientific Competency Development for Bachelor’s Degree Students Within the Framework of Self-determination Theory. In: Auer, Cukierman et al. (Eds.): Towards a Hybrid, Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), Volume 1, 2024, S. 3-11
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51979-6_1 BibTeX | RIS

2023

Kevin Steinbach, Dominik Lechler, Peter Kraemer, Iris Groß, Dirk Reith: A Novel Approach to Predict the Structural Dynamics of E-Bike Drive Units by Innovative Integration of Elastic Multi-Body-Dynamics. In: Vehicles, 5(4), 2023, S. 1227-1253
PDF Download (CC BY 4.0) doi:10.3390/vehicles5040068 urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-75371 BibTeX | RIS

Kevin Steinbach, Dominik Lechler, Iris Groß, Dirk Reith, Peter Kraemer: Qualitative und Quantitative Untersuchung des Motorfreilaufs auf das dynamische Verhalten einer eBike-Antriebseinheit. In: Neunte IFToMM D-A-CH Konferenz 2023 : 16./17. März 2023, Universität Basel, 14, 2023
PDF Download (Meeting Abstract, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) doi:10.17185/duepublico/77405 urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-69522 BibTeX | RIS

Iris Groß, Alexandra Reher, Leona Brust, Doerthe Vieten: Work in Progress: Implementing and Evaluating a Competency-Oriented Assessment in an Innovative Application-Oriented Course of Mechanical Engineering. In: Auer, Pachatz et al. (Eds.): Learning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2022), Volume 2, 2023, S. 274-282
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_28 BibTeX | RIS

2022

Dieter Franke, Stefanie Meilinger, Iris Groß, Dirk Reith: Bachelor’s Program “Sustainable Engineering” at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences: Development, Concept and Practical Experience. In: Filho, Portela de Vasconcelos (Eds.): Handbook of Best Practices in Sustainable Development at University Level, Cham: Springer, 2022, S. 65-83
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-04764-0_4 BibTeX | RIS

Iris Gross, Michael Malschützky, Tobias Held, Jan Behrendt, Daniel Röthgen, Martina Grein, Dirk Reith: Self-reliant peer teaching as an additional dimension of university-level education for high potentials. In: 2022 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 28-31 March 2022, Tunis, Tunisia, 2022, S. 333-338
doi:10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766461 BibTeX | RIS

Iris Gross, Ingo Gross: Take Home Lab as a chance for practical experience and problem based learning in a remote working situation. In: 2022 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 28-31 March 2022, Tunis, Tunisia, 2022, S. 339-343
doi:10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766686 BibTeX | RIS

Dirk Reith, Martina Grein, Daniel Röthgen, Jan Behrendt, Tobias Held, Michael Malschützky, Iris Gross: How self-reliant Peer Teaching can be set up to augment learning outcomes for university learners. In: 2022 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 28-31 March 2022, Tunis, Tunisia, 2022, S. 57-62
doi:10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766811 BibTeX | RIS

2021

Iris Groß, Katja Kluth, Susanne Kundmüller-Bianchini, Andrea Schröder: Towards OER: Etablierung einer OER-orientierten Digitalisierungsstrategie an der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. In: Gabellini, Gallner et al. (Hg.): Lehrentwicklung by Openness - Open Educational Resources im Hochschulkontext. Dokumentation der Tagung vom 06. März 20, 2021, S. 13-15
PDF Download (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) URL urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-56387 BibTeX | RIS

2019

Ingo Groß, Dirk Reith, Martina Grein, Iris Groß: Deeper Theoretical Understanding by Means of Practical Experience in Electric and Electronic Circuits for Freshmen. In: 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 8-11 April 2019, 2019, S. 781-786
doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725111 BibTeX | RIS

Iris Groß, Klaus Lehmann: Hochschuldidaktik - Reden über Verantwortung. In: Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 67(3), 2019, S. 10-14
doi:10.1002/nadc.20194083836 BibTeX | RIS

2018

Iris Groß: Wie wir lehren, wie wir lernen. In: Gadatsch, Ihne et al. (Hg.): Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften im digitalen Zeitalter: Innovation - Steuerung - Compliance, Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, 2018, S. 233-245
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-20174-6_17 BibTeX | RIS

2017

Dirk Reith, Tobias Haedecke, Elena Schulz, Lutz Langel, Lukas Gemein, Iris Groß: Practical undergraduate projects within the BRSU race academy: An example for conducting a new tutored peer-teaching learning approach. In: Proceedings of 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 25-28 April 2017, Athens, Greece, 2017, S. 146-151
doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2017.7942839 BibTeX | RIS

Dirk Reith, Tobias Haedecke, Elena Schulz, Lutz Langel, Lukas Gemein, Iris Groß: The BRSU Race Academy: A Tutored Peer-Teaching Learning Approach. In: Auer, Guralnick et al. (Eds.): Interactive Collaborative Learning. Proceedings of the 19th ICL Conference, Vol. 2. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 545, 2017, S. 166-174
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50340-0_13 BibTeX | RIS

2016

Viktor Unruh, Vadim Helmel, Iris Groß: Nichtlineares Resonanzverhalten der Axialschwingung eines Elektromotors. In: 4. VDI-Fachtagung Schwingungsanalyse & Identifikation, Fulda, 15. und 16. März 2016. VDI-Berichte, Bd. 2259, 2016, S. 265-276
doi:10.51202/9783181022597-265 BibTeX | RIS

Malte Kraft, Iris Groß, Sigi Peez: Modalanalyse und Systemidentifikation einer Antriebswelle am PKW. In: 4. VDI-Fachtagung Schwingungsanalyse & Identifikation, Fulda, 15. und 16. März 2016. VDI-Berichte, Bd. 2259, 2016, S. 109-121
doi:10.51202/9783181022597-109 BibTeX | RIS

2015

Norbert Jung, Oliver Schwaneberg, Sebastian Sporrer, Holger Steiner, Iris Groß, Tobias Scheer: Adaptive, material-dependent height-control for protective hoods on panel saws. In: 8th International Conference Safety of Industrial Automated Systems (SIAS 2015). 18-20 November 2015, Königswinter, Germany. Proceedings, 2015, S. 157-162
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Dirk Reith, Claus Bachmeier, Iris Groß: Be an engineer right from the start: An introductory project with Rube Goldberg machine and SCRUM. In: IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2015), Proceedings. Tallinn, Estonia, 18-20 March 2015, 2015, S. 249-254
doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095978 BibTeX | RIS

2014

Iris Groß, Horst Rörig, Dieter Franke, Katharina Seuser: The Blue Track sustainability in the study programs of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. In: IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, 3-5 April 2014, 2014, S. 975-978
doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826218 BibTeX | RIS